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Sun Bowl returns to noon time slot on New Years Eve for 2018

After four years in various time slots, the Sun Bowl is back where it's used to being: on New Year's Eve. The Sun Bowl association announced on Wednesday that the game would be moved back to December 31st for the 85th edition of the annual postseason outing, with a 12 p.m. Mountain Time kickoff

New NFL Anthem Rule Players Must Stand or Stay in Locker Room

The NFL announced a new policy Wednesday that effectively bans players from kneeling during the national anthem. Adopted this week by the league's owners, the policy is an attempt to quiet the controversy created by ignorant or intellectually dishonest observers who have misconstrued the meaning

Tigers Martinez puts in agility work after a rough night

Minneapolis — It was a little before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning when Victor Martinez and Tigers strength and conditioning coach Chris Walter walked out to warning track in left field, set up some cones and began doing a series of agility drills. Martinez had a rough night Tuesday. The 39-year-old, playing

Arizona New Orleans named as 2023-24 Super Bowl hosts

The NFL has named Arizona and New Orleans as hosts for future Super Bowls as the spring meetings in Atlanta draw to a close on Wednesday. With the sites through 2022 already in place, the league picked University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. as the site for Super Bowl LVII in 2023. Mercedes-Benz

How much will the new helmet rule change football

The more I hear about the new helmet rule, the more concerned I am that NFL football will be changing so dramatically that it may become unrecognizable. Bit by bit, tweak by tweak, rule change by rule change, the game could — in the name of player safety, an admirable goal — become so safe that it fundamentally

NBA mock draft 30 New NBA draft pick for Phoenix Suns in first round after combine

Now that the NBA draft combine has come and gone, there are some changes to our NBA mock draft. But not at the top. 1. Suns (21-61): C Deandre Ayton, 7-0, 260, Arizona. The hiring of Igor Kokoskov as coach – as well as Phoenix's need for a point guard – means Slovenia's Luka Doncic will be part

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge No need to defend Home Run Derby title

Aaron Judge has already decided to pass on defending his 2017 Home Run Derby title. The said he will skip the event this July at Washington's Nationals Park. “There is no need to do it,'' Judge told the New York Post before the Yankees faced the Texas Rangers on Tuesday. It was a far more

What makes each Top 25 team so dominant

ESPN.com What makes a Top 25 team special? Here's a look at the strengths of each of these talented rosters. Even before back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher Damien Harris decided to return for his senior season, Alabama was stocked at running back with young up-and-comers Najee Harris, Brian Robinson